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Chateau Lafon-Rochet2009

RED WINE

PUBLIC
May 2025
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Chateau Lafon-Rochet label
  • Producer Chateau Lafon-Rochet
  • Blend 1% Cabernet Franc
    67% Cabernet Sauvignon
    27% Merlot
    5% Petite Verdot
  • Country France
  • Region Bordeaux
  • Appellation Saint-Estephe
  • UPC 0 15643 25188 7

Reviews

James Suckling 92

Pretty aromas of menthol and other spices and red fruits. Full to medium body with fine tannins and a refined finish.

by JS, James Suckling , 2012

Wine Advocate 90

This wine seems to be one of the few that has not yet recovered from bottling. In a somewhat monolithic, latched-down style, it has plenty of stuffing, lots of structure and an impressive dark ruby/purple color, but it is very hard to coax from the glass. It is a rather classic St.-Estephe made by the Tesseron family, with its distinctive blood orange label, but this wine seems to beg for another 5-7 years of bottle age. The final blend of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc has some impressive fruit, but the wine just seems slightly more clipped and narrow than I remember it from barrel. Hopefully, time will mellow out this impression. Anticipated maturity: 2020-2035.

by RP, Wine Advocate , 2012

Wine Enthusiast 92

This is a chateau that is getting better and better. This 2009 is packed with sweet fruit, impressive tannins and a complex dark structure. It is fruity, yet powerful, for good aging.

by RV, Wine Enthusiast , 2012

Wine Spectator 91

Juicy and very lively, with lots of briar, currant, cherry, toasty spice and anise notes all framed by bright floral and iron hints. The long finish has excellent cut and drive. Best from 2013 through 2021. 11,250 cases made. –JM

by JM, Wine Spectator , 2012

Technical Details

Tasting notes

A complex nose, although still slightly closed to date with woody notes of red fruits. And aromas of blackcurrant and blueberry. In the mouth, the integration of all elements tannic, woody, fruit, the sweetness is very successful. This wine highlights a nice consistency, tasty with nice tannins and a complex finish and any length.

Estate

The grapes follow the pattern of the old apple tree a grandmother in the garden, the apples have more taste, genuine flavor and a very particular length that is not only due to the variety but at the age This apple tree. Coming from the oldest vines of the vineyard, they give less fruit, but offer greater complexity. The Lafon Rochet is a wine that is both simple and complex, it expresses aromas of black fruit in most vintages. There is truly a fade and a proper expression in Saint-Estèphe, a certain warmth and roundness finesse born of Merlot.